FontMetrics Class Reference

Provides metrics for a given font. More...

Public Slots
int	advanceWidth (string text)
	Returns the advance in pixels of the characters in text.
rect	boundingRect (string text)
	Returns the bounding rectangle of the characters in the string specified by text.
rect	tightBoundingRect (string text)
	Returns a tight bounding rectangle around the characters in the string specified by text.

Properties
int	ascent
	The ascent of the font.
int	averageCharacterWidth
	The average width of glyphs in the font.
int	descent
	The descent of the font.
font	font
	The font used for the metrics calculations.
int	height
	The height of the font.
int	leading
	The leading of the font.
int	lineSpacing
	The distance from one base line to the next.
int	lineWidth
	The width of the underline and strikeout lines, adjusted for the point size of the font.
int	maximumCharacterWidth
	The width of the widest character in the font.
int	minimumLeftBearing
	The minimum left bearing of the font.
int	minimumRightBearing
	The minimum right bearing of the font.
int	overlinePosition
	The distance from the base line to where an overline should be drawn.
int	strikeOutPosition
	The distance from the base line to where the strikeout line should be drawn.
int	underlinePosition
	The distance from the base line to where an underscore should be drawn.
int	xHeight
	The 'x' height of the font.

Detailed Description

Provides metrics for a given font.

FontMetrics calculates the size of characters and strings for a given font.

It provides a subset of the C++ QFontMetrics API, with the added ability to change the font that is used for calculations via the font property.

See Also

TextMetrics

Member Function Documentation

int FontMetrics::advanceWidth ( string  text )

slot

Returns the advance in pixels of the characters in text.

This is the distance from the position of the string to where the next string should be drawn.

See Also

TextMetrics::advanceWidth

rect FontMetrics::boundingRect ( string  text )

slot

Returns the bounding rectangle of the characters in the string specified by text.

See Also

TextMetrics::boundingRect

rect FontMetrics::tightBoundingRect ( string  text )

slot

Returns a tight bounding rectangle around the characters in the string specified by text.

See Also

TextMetrics::tightBoundingRect

Property Documentation

int FontMetrics::ascent

read

The ascent of the font.

See Also

descent, height

int FontMetrics::descent

read

The descent of the font.

See Also

ascent, height

int FontMetrics::overlinePosition

read

The distance from the base line to where an overline should be drawn.

See Also

strikeOutPosition, underlinePosition

int FontMetrics::strikeOutPosition

read

The distance from the base line to where the strikeout line should be drawn.

See Also

overlinePosition, underlinePosition

int FontMetrics::underlinePosition

read

The distance from the base line to where an underscore should be drawn.

See Also

overlinePosition, strikeOutPosition